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<span class=large>AMOS</span>
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CHAPTER 5
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Israel exhorted to seek the Lord and do good that they may live—Their sacrifices to false gods are abhorrent.
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Hear</span> ye this word which I take up against you, <i>even</i> a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; <i>there is</i> none to raise her up.
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For thus saith the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; The city that went out <i>by</i> a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth <i>by</i> an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
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&#182; For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto the house of Israel, <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 1: 20; Mosiah 26: 30.">Seek</a> ye me, and ye shall live:
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But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 3: 14.">Beth-el</a> shall come to nought.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 16: 11; Alma 37: 47; Ether 12: 41; D&C 45: 46; D&C 88: 63; D&C 101: 38.">Seek</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour <i>it,</i> and <i>there be</i> none to quench <i>it</i> in Beth-el.
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Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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<i>Seek him</i> that maketh <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/8a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the Pleiades.">the</a> seven <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Astronomy.">stars</a> and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the <sup>c</sup><a href="amos/5/8c" mark="c" type="A" title="Amos 4: 13.">morning</a>, and maketh the day <sup>d</sup><a href="amos/5/8d" mark="d" type="A" title="Amos 8: 9.">dark</a> with night: that calleth for the <sup>e</sup><a href="amos/5/8e" mark="e" type="A" title="Amos 9: 6.">waters</a> of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: <sup>f</sup><a href="amos/5/8f" mark="f" type="P" title="HEB Jehovah.">The</a><span class='smallcaps'> Lord</span> <i>is</i> his name:
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That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
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They hate him that rebuketh in the <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 27: 32.">gate</a>, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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Forasmuch therefore as your treading <i>is</i> upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zeph. 1: 13.">built</a> houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 28: 30.">dwell</a> in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bribery.">bribe</a>, and they <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 29: 21.">turn</a> aside the <sup>c</sup><a href="amos/5/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 22: 7 (7-13); Hel. 6: 39 (37-40).">poor</a> in the gate <i>from their right.</i>
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Therefore the <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prudence.">prudent</a> shall keep <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Prov. 17: 28 (27-28).">silence</a> in that time; for it <i>is</i> an evil time.
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Seek <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ether 4: 12 (11-12); Moro. 7: 16; D&C 6: 13; D&C 58: 28 (26-33).">good</a>, and not <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Evil.">evil</a>, that ye may live: and so the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
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Hate the evil, and <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Love.">love</a> the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 3: 4; 2 Ne. 25: 21; Jacob 2: 25.">Joseph</a>.
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Therefore the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing <i>shall be</i> in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas!  alas!  and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
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And in all vineyards <i>shall be</i> wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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Woe unto you that <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 5: 19 (18-19).">desire</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Joel 1: 15; 3 Ne. 21: 20; D&C 45: 39 (39-42).">day</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>!  to what end <i>is</i> it for you?  the day of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="amos/5/18c" mark="c" type="A" title="Joel 2: 2; D&C 133: 49; JS-M 1: 33 (32-34).">darkness</a>, and not light.
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As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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<i>Shall</i> not the day of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>be</i> darkness, and not light?  even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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&#182; I hate, I despise your <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 1: 14.">feast</a> days, and I will not <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/21b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE I will not take heed of your sacrifices, incense, etc.">smell</a> in your <sup>c</sup><a href="amos/5/21c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Solemn Assembly.">solemn</a> assemblies.
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Though ye <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hypocrisy.">offer</a> me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Hosea 8: 13; Mal. 1: 10.">accept</a> <i>them:</i> neither will I regard the peace <sup>c</sup><a href="amos/5/22c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Sacrifice.">offerings</a> of your fat beasts.
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Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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But let <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Amos 6: 12; 2 Ne. 15: 7.">judgment</a> run down as waters, and <sup>b</sup><a href="amos/5/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a> as a mighty stream.
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Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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But ye have borne the tabernacle of your <sup>a</sup><a href="amos/5/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">Moloch</a> and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
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Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, whose name <i>is</i> The God of hosts.
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